He is currently an assistant coach for the Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah.

On November 27, 2024, it was announced that he had been appointed as an assistant coach at Sabah.

[1] His father, Aleksandr Smirnov, played in the Soviet Top League for FC Spartak Moscow.

He is not related to Dmitri Nikolayevich Smirnov with whom he played on the same team for several years for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow, Luch and Tom.

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